Choose a different formula in a similar size without updating your WIC card. You can purchase the brand and sizes below:

• Similac Total Comfort Powder 12.6 oz
• Similac Sensitive Powder 12.5 oz
• Gerber GoodStart SoothePro Powder 12.0 oz
• GoodStart Dr Brown’s SoothePro Powder 12.0 oz​
• GoodStart Dr Brown’s GentlePro Powder 12.3 oz

Choose to change your baby’s formula to a larger size. You will need to visit a WIC office to update your card to one of the options below. 

If TEMP GENTLE PWD 19-21 OZ is on your WIC card, you can get:

• Enfamil Gentlease Pwd 19.9 oz 
• Enfamil NeuroPro Gentlease Pwd 19.5 oz 
• Enfamil Sensitive Pwd 19.5 oz
   

If TEMP GENTLE PWD 27.4 OZ is on your WIC card, you can get:

• Enfamil NeuroPro Gentlease Pwd 27.4 oz
   

If TEMP GENTLE PWD 29-31 OZ is on your WIC card, you can get:

• Enfamil NeuroPro Gentlease Box Powder 30.4 oz
• Enfamil Sensitive Powder 29.4 oz
• Similac Sensitive Powder 29.8 oz
   

If TEMP GENTLE PWD 32-34 OZ is on your WIC card, you can get:

• Parent’s Choice Gentle Powder 34 oz at Walmart
• Parent’s Choice Gentle Premium Powder 34 oz at Walmart
• Parent’s Choice Sensitivity Premium Powder 34 oz at Walmart
• HEB Baby Gentle Powder 32.8 oz at HEB
• HEB Baby Gentle Premium Powder 33.2 oz at HEB
• HEB Baby Sensitivity Premium Powder 33.2 oz at HEB
• Up&Up Gentle Premium Powder 34 oz at Target
• Up&Up Sensitivity Premium Powder 34 oz at Target
• Tippy Toes Gentle Premium Powder 33.2 oz at Brookshire
• Tippy Toes Sensitivity Premium Powder 33.2 oz at Brookshire
• Comforts Gentle Premium Powder 33.2 oz at Kroger
   

If ENF NEU GENTL PWD 35.2 OZ is on your WIC card, you can get:

• Enfamil NeuroPro Gentlease Powder 35.2 oz 

The WIC program is required to have a contract with a specific formula company to help keep costs down. There are separate contracts for milk-based and soy-based formulas. We renew these contracts every five years. The award for the contract from October 2022–September 2027 for milk-based formula is Mead Johnson, the makers of Enfamil. 

The milk-based formulas offered under the new contract include: 

• Enfamil Infant
• Enfamil Gentlease 
• Enfamil A.R. 
• Enfamil Reguline 

The soy-based formula contract will continue to be with Abbott, the makers of Similac.

• Similac Soy Isomil

If your infant needs a formula for medical reasons, contact your WIC office for assistance. 

Most babies can change from one brand of formula to another without much problem. It is a good idea to only buy 1-2 cans of formula in the beginning to make sure the formula will work for your baby. In the first few days on a new formula, some babies will have a slight change in the color of their stool or may drink a little less than usual. This is normal and should get better in a few days.

Babies can experience spitting up, gas, fussiness or have hard or infrequent stools from time to time. This is not always because of a formula change. Talk with your WIC nutritionist and use these directions to help support your baby’s formula change. 

If your baby has new or worsening diarrhea, blood in the stool, forceful vomiting, swelling, rash, weight loss or excessive crying, call your baby’s doctor right away. If your doctor wants you on a therapeutic formula, like a hypoallergenic formula, you will need a prescription. Print this form (PDF) and ask your baby’s doctor to fill it out. Then, bring the form to your WIC office.

If your baby does not tolerate their formula, the WIC program can exchange any unopened cans of formula for a different type of formula available from WIC in the same month that it was purchased.

General mixing instructions can be found at How to Mix Infant Formula. Additional instructions are listed on the can.